Chris Froome is ready to defend his Tour title, says Dave Brailsford

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The additional mountain-top finishes could aid the defending championDAVID STOCKMAN

John Westerby

Last updated at 11:09PM, October 24 2013

Sir Dave Brailsford, the team principal for Team Sky, remains confident that
Chris Froome has the appetite to build on his first Tour de France success
earlier this year and go on to win the race again next summer. After the
2014 Tour route was revealed in Paris on Wednesday, Brailsford felt that the
increased number of mountain-top finishes – five, one more than this year –
could play to Froome’s strengths, but that the rider’s attitude would be the
determining factor.

“His primary way of gaining time is in the mountains and the more climbing
there is, the better it should